Date-type holder



No. 6|3,832. Patented Nov. 8, i898.

e. n. WILLIAMS.

DATE TYPEVHOLDER.

(Application led Oct. 23, 1897.1

( No Model.)

n n n u I l i n n n n n f 1 n n n n n n n n n l n UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, OF ALBANY, MISSORI.

DATE-TYPE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,832, dated November8, 1898.

Application filed October 23, 1897. Serial No.v 656,152. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. WILLIAMS, residing at Albany, in thecounty of Gentry and State of Missouri, have invented a new and usefulDate-Type Holder, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to type-cabinets; and the object of the same isto provide a cabinet for the purpose of holding the dating-type so thatthey may be quickly and readily Withdrawn therefrom in proper order foruse in printing the month, day, and hour upon articles requiring thesame.

With the above object in view the invention consists of a plurality ofchambers open at their upper ends and of such a size as to receive theproper number of type for the months, days, and hours, said type beingplaced in the chambers on end, and drawers at the lower ends of thechambers to receive the type, said drawers being so constructed that itis impossible to remove them until the last type has been withdrawn fromthe chamber, thus preventing the drawers from being accidentallyentirely withdrawn, but permitting the removal of the same for cleaningor other desired purposes.

The invention consists also in certain other details of construction,which will be hereinafter described in the specification and pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of mycabinet. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig.

3 is a perspective of Fig. 2, showing one of.

the drawers partially withdrawn. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on line44. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 2.Fig. 6 is a perspective View of one of the drawers.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the supporting-board, which isperforated adjacent its ends at B to receive attaching nails or screws,by means of which the cabinet is secured in position upon the wall orother supporting object. Upon the front side of the supporting-board isa casing C, forming a chamber, and formed upon the front wall of thiscasing are the type-chambers D,which are open at their upper ends toreceive the type. The upper end of the central chamber extends above theside chambers, and said chambers are also of different lengths, ac*-cording to the number of type to be held thereby, the central chamberbeing in this instance of sufficient length to contain the typerepresenting the months, while the two side chambers are of such size asto accommodate the days and hours,respectively. The front and rear wallof each chamber at the lower end thereof is formed with an opening toreceive a drawer E. This drawer E is of such length as to extend backinto casing C when closed and abut against the supporting-board. Thefront half of the drawer is formed into a receptacle F, open at its topto receive the type from the chamber and of such site as to accommodateone type on edge, the side walls of the drawer-compartment being cutaway at their upper edges, so that the type may be readily removedtherefrom.

The rear portion of each drawer is closed,

as illustrated at G, and projecting from the upper rear edge thereof isthe stop H.

The drawer-openings are of such size as to permit the drawer and stop topass therethrough and the drawer to be entirely withdrawn for thepurpose of cleaning the same and the type-chamber; but when the type areplaced in the chamber on edge and the drawer withdrawn far enough toremove the type from the drawer-compartment a second type is restingupon the closed portion G of the drawer, and by the engagement of thestop with this type the entire removal of the drawer is prevented.

In operation the type representing months, days, and hours are placed intheir respective chambers, one upon the other in proper succession. Bywithdrawing the drawers the desired type can be quickly obtained, andafter using the same they are deposited in the open end of the chamberto be ready for use when the same month, day, or hou`r again is reached.

The cabinet is extremely simple in construction, yet very effective inoperatiomand may be constructed of either wood or metal, as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isfl. Atype-cabinet comprising a type-chamber, a drawer therein adapted toremove the IOO type successively therefrom, and means for preventing theentire removal of the drawer until all the type in the chamber have beenwithdrawn, substantially as described.

2. A type-cabinet comprising a chamber adapted to contain the type, oneupon the other, a drawer therein for removing the type one at a timetherefrom, and a stop for said drawer adapted to engage the nextsuccessive type and prevent the entire removal of the drawer when thelatter is drawn out to remove a type, substantially as described.

3. A type-cabinet comprising a chamber adapted to hold the type, oneupon the other, a drawer having a compartment formed in its frontportion of such size as to receive a single type, said drawer beingpositioned in the chamber, the rear portion ofthe drawer being closed,so that when the drawer is drawn ont to remove a type, the nextsuccessive type will rest upon the closed portion, and a stop adapted toengage the type resting upon the closed portion of the drawer andprevent the entire removal of the latter, substantially as described.

4E. A typeeabinet comprising` a casing, a plurality of type-chambersformed on the front side of the casing and open at their upper ends,said chambers being of such size as to receive the type one upon theother, drawers at the lower ends of said chambers, said drawers havingcompartments adapted to register with the chambers when the drawers areclosed and receive one of the type, and also closed portions whichproject into the casing when the drawers are closed but which registerwith the chambers when the drawers are opened, the next type restingupon these closed portions, and stops adapted to engage the type restingon the closed portions of the drawers to prevent the withdrawal of thelatter, substantially as described.

GEORGE R. VILLIAMS. lVitn esses:

GEO. W. HUNTER, R. W. CROCKETT.

